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Table 5 TB Patient Cost Study Comparison

From: Assessing access barriers to tuberculosis care with the Tool to Estimate Patients' Costs: pilot results from two districts in Kenya

Study

Costs Incurred

(% of household annual income)

Lost Work

(months)

 

Direct Costs

Indirect Costs

Total Costs

 

India (rural/urban) [17]

13

26

40

2.5

Zambia (rural/urban) [21]

8.3

4.8

13.1

n/a

Thailand (rural/urban) [16]

8.6

2.3

10.9

2.7

China (rural) [13]

n/a

n/a

45

n/a

Kitui (rural/urban)

4.3

22.7

27

4.5

 

Costs Incurred

(% of individual annual income)

Malawi (urban) [18]

5

6.3

11.5

 

Kitui (rural/urban)

7.1

37.7

44.8

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